Marianna Mkrtchyan

Belgian parliamentarians visited Tsitsernakaberd memorial

ArmInfo. The members of the delegation led by Els Van Hoof, MP of the Chamber of Representatives of the Kingdom of Belgium , Head of the Belgium-Armenia parliamentary friendship group, visited Tsiternakaberd Memorial Complex of the Armenian Genocide accompanied by Shirak Torosyan, Head of the RA NA Armenia - Belgium friendship group, the press- service of the
Armenian Parliament informs.

The Belgian parliamentarians laid flowers at the eternal fire and
honoured in silence the memory of the martyrs.

They also visited Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, got acquainted
with the documents and exhibits telling about the Great Tragedy.

The guests left notes in the Commemoration Book of the
Museum-Institute.

To note, on July 23, 2015 the Belgian Parliament's Chamber of
Representatives passed the resolution on the Armenian Genocide almost
unanimously - with 124 pros, 8 abstentions and no cons. On June 18
2015 the Prime Minister of Belgium reaffirmed the position of the
Government on the unconditional recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
On July 7 the Belgian Parliament's Foreign Relations Committee
adopted the draft resolution on the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman
Empire with an overwhelming majority of votes. To recall, in 1998 the
Belgian Senate adopted a resolution on recognition of the Armenian
Genocide, and urged the Government to take the same step.